There are many reasons that you can find yourself overweight, including an unhealthy diet, slow metabolism or poor circulation. Fortunately, those looking to get back into shape need look no further than a few yoga poses for weight loss.

Yoga can facilitate weight loss? It sure can! Though it may not be as vigorous a regimen as running or swimming, the holistic healing system can help your body process fat and restore circulation, all without doing damage to your joints and muscles.

If you're looking to shed pounds and want somewhere to start, try this simple yoga exercise for weight loss.

Steps

1

Begin by placing your feet a little more than shoulder-width apart.

2

Bend your knees slightly.

3

Raise and curl your arms to either side, as if you are making a "muscle man" pose.

4

Keeping your head facing forward, twist your arms, shoulders, torso and spine about 90 degrees to one side. One arm should now be in front of you and the other behind you.

5

Now rotate back to the front and, continuing beyond the starting position, keep twisting until your other arm is in front of you. Remember to keep your head and neck facing forward

6

Twist back and forth in this way about once per second, repeating the procedure 100 times.